Cora's hands twisted together in her lap as she continued her confession.
"That's specifically why I contacted this good-for-nothing fool in the first place - he came highly recommended as someone who handled these kinds of sensitive situations discreetly and professionally. And so I gave him the job and paid him handsomely for it."
Her voice hardened with bitterness. "He told me that everything was taken care of, that everything had been completely secured and permanently deleted, that he had done everything I had asked him to do thoroughly and professionally. He looked me straight in the eye and told me it was done."
She shook her head slowly, disbelief and fury mixing together in her expression.
